Post by kannik on Nov 16, 2013 13:44:32 GMT -5

Wow, there are sure a lot of dragonflied on stamps!I`ve just ordered that set of six (five?) Polish ones, because I`m in the throes of creating a one-pageexhibit for our Balt-Ex XXII show in Montreal on December 7-8. It is based on a short poem by AlfredLord Tennyson which I will print below. Underneaththat, at the bottom of the page, I have an extremelyabbreviated bit of information on the dragonfly fromWiki (I shortened it.)

"Today I saw the dragonflyCome from the wells where he did lie.An inner impulse rent the veilOf his old husk: from head to tailCame out clear plates of sapphire mail.He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;Thro’ crofts and pastures wet with dew"A living flash of light he flew.

Post by khj on Nov 16, 2013 13:49:29 GMT -5

I've always loved dragonflies and damselflies! We have a small bayou running just behind our backyard fence, so there's always a lot of dragonflies hovering/darting around. Love how they like to rest on the tip of our car antenna.

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